Tyson Brown: How civil rights improved health

When we say America is becoming “more diverse,” what’s really baked into that pie? Finding the answer preoccupies Tyson Brown, a medical sociologist at Duke University who uses complex statistical tools to figure out just how people’s place in society determines their health and wealth – and vice-versa.

For Agenda 2020, Brown sat down with POLITICO to walk through just what we know about how an increasingly diverse America will amplify challenges we’re only just starting to understand now—and the sometimes surprising ways that social or economic policy can drive better health outcomes.